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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Mar;135(3):661–670. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001044

Table 3.

Characteristics of patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy or CPM with and without reconstruction.

Characteristic Unilateral,
No
Reconstruction
Unilateral,
Reconstruction
CPM,
No
Reconstruction
CPM,
Reconstruction

N % N % N % N % p
Age, years
 18-35 2,826 2.6 1,105 5.0 863 6.1 1,101 9.0 <0.001
 36-55 39,252 36.0 13,184 60.7 7,291 51.2 8,290 68.1
 56-70 42,453 39.0 6,518 30.0 4,860 34.1 2,612 21.5
 71-80 24,385 22.4 901 4.2 1,229 8.6 172 1.4
Race
 White 84,452 78.5 18,217 83.9 12,540 88.0 10,922 89.7 <0.001
 Black 12,090 11.1 2,017 9.3 852 6.0 698 5.7
 Native American 644 0.6 71 0.3 96 0.7 34 0.3
 Asian American 10,292 9.5 1,315 6.1 693 4.9 464 3.8
 Other 150 0.1 35 0.2 22 0.2 19 0.2
 Unknown 288 0.3 53 0.2 40 0.3 38 0.3
Year of Diagnosis
 2000 10,414 9.6 1,858 8.6 598 4.2 426 3.5 <0.001
 2001 11,171 10.3 1,877 8.7 822 5.8 553 4.5
 2002 10,850 10.0 1,790 8.3 901 6.3 549 4.5
 2003 10,362 9.5 1,572 7.2 954 6.7 648 5.3
 2004 10,199 9.4 1,721 7.9 1,009 7.1 724 6.0
 2005 9,569 8.9 1,645 7.6 1,087 7.6 795 6.5
 2006 9,580 8.8 1,790 8.3 1,282 9.0 1,003 8.2
 2007 9,635 8.9 2,030 9.4 1,626 11.4 1,393 11.4
 2008 9,569 8.8 2,205 10.2 1,861 13.1 1,722 14.1
 2009 9,043 8.3 2,611 12.0 2,012 14.1 2,095 17.2
 2010 8,434 7.7 2,609 12.0 2,091 14.7 2,267 18.6
Stage
 I 35,385 32.5 8,926 41.1 5,120 35.9 5,377 44.2 <0.001
 II 45,864 42.1 9,119 42.0 5,825 40.9 5,045 41.4
 III 27,667 25.4 3,663 16.9 3,298 23.2 1,753 14.4
Tumor Size
 <1 14,430 13.3 4,662 21.5 2,218 15.6 2,645 21.7 <0.001
 1-1.9 30,015 27.6 6,609 30.4 4,273 30.0 4,017 33.0
 2-4.9 18,738 17.2 2,814 13.0 1,303 9.2 767 6.3
 5+ 44,039 40.4 7,477 34.4 6,192 43.5 4,685 38.5
 Unknown 1,694 1.6 146 0.7 257 1.8 61 0.5
Grade
 I 15,065 13.8 3,351 15.4 2,152 15.1 1,998 16.4 <0.001
 II 42,929 39.4 9,077 41.8 5,666 39.8 4,956 40.7
 III 42,914 39.4 7,778 35.8 5,376 37.7 4,384 36.0
 IV 1,736 1.6 289 1.3 189 1.3 141 1.2
 Unknown 6,272 5.8 1,213 5.6 860 6.0 696 5.7
Node Status
 Negative 55,145 50.6 12,376 57.0 7,516 52.8 7,284 59.8 <0.001
 Positive 53,691 49.3 9,327 43.0 6,724 47.2 4,890 40.2
 Unknown 80 0.1 5 <0.1 3 <.1 1 <0.1
ER Status
 Negative 24,006 22.0 4,086 18.8 3,150 22.1 2,506 20.6 <0.001
 Positive 74,650 68.5 16,120 74.3 10,205 71.7 9,046 74.3
Borderline/Unknown 10,260 9.4 1,502 6.9 888 6.2 623 5.1
PR Status
 Negative 35,407 32.5 6,202 28.6 4,515 31.7 3,591 29.5 <0.001
 Positive 61,203 56.2 13,786 63.5 8,636 60.6 7,880 64.7
Borderline/Unknown 12,306 11.3 1,720 7.9 1,092 7.7 704 5.8
Radiation
 No 78,662 72.2 16,735 77.1 10,191 71.6 9,562 78.5 <0.001
 Yes 26,689 24.5 4,341 20.0 3,694 25.9 2,314 19.0
 Unknown 3,565 3.3 632 2.9 358 2.5 299 2.5
First Primary
 No 10,669 9.8 1,652 7.6 1,232 8.6 934 7.7 <0.001
 Yes 98,247 90.2 20,056 92.4 13,011 91.4 11,241 92.3
2007-2011
Summary County
Variables
median median median median p
Median Household
Income (in
thousands)
56.27 61.82 57.58 61.11 <0.001
% of women with
<12 years education
42.56 37.38 39.60 36.88 <0.001